When James "Jim" Elmer Ford was born on 25 May 1872, in Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, United States, his father, Jacob King Ford, was 21 and his mother, Margaret Ann Haynes, was 19. He married Fannie Bell Castleberry on 8 December 1895, in Talladega, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 7, Lamar, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 5, Haskell, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 14 July 1913, in Opal, Polk, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 41.
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A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.
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English: topographic name for someone who lived near a ford (Middle English, Old English ford), or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word, such as Ford (Durham, Herefordshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex), Ford in Sefton (Lancashire), Ford in Crediton and Ford in Holcombe Rogus (both Devon), Ford in Litton and Ford in Wiveliscombe (both Somerset).
Irish: Anglicized form (quasi-translation) of various Gaelic names, for example MacGiolla na Naomh ‘son of Gilla na Naomh’ (a personal name meaning ‘servant of the saints’), Mac Conshámha ‘son of Conshnámha’ (a personal name composed of the elements con ‘dog’ + snámh ‘to swim’), in all of which the final syllable was wrongly thought to be áth ‘ford’, and Ó Fuar(th)áin (see Foran ).
Americanized form of French Faure ‘blacksmith’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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